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Here’s a theory: It’d sure be easier for politicians to get away with flip-flops if there weren’t a bunch of their old tweets lying around like crime-scene DNA.
Check out this exchange from Monday night’s presidential debate.
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The day after the NFL's top health and safety executive conceded a link between football-related brain trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the simple acknowledgment reverberated far beyond the congressional hearing in a room at the Rayburn...

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The room fell silent for seven minutes as Illinois Rep. Tammy Duckworth upbraided a government contractor.
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With days left before the August break, congressional leaders unveiled a $17-billion bipartisan compromise Monday to fix the tattered Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Honorary U.S. citizens: Lafayette, Winston Churchill, Mother Teresa. And soon, perhaps, Bernardo de Galvez.
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A scathing report finding a systemic problem at Veterans Affairs medical facilities nationwide, including manipulation of records to mask long waits for appointments, fueled new calls Wednesday for VA chief Eric K. Shinseki's resignation.
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Embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki announced the resignation of a senior deputy on Friday, one day after both men testified before a Senate committee about new disclosures of mismanagement in the VA health system.
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